There were of course other viewpoints on this controversial mill but they didn't get a run, which makes The Examiner's recycling more than simply brazen and lazy. The paper's editor Dean Southwell apparently couldn't see how he'd let his readers down:

We used some of the information from the advertising feature to give people some extra detail: this is the project, this is how it will work.

The Barra 2005

This year we've introduced a new award to recognise the many journalists who've been duped by internet hoaxes. In the old days rumours and sources were the starting points for stories. Nowadays they often start with a google. But the net can be just as unreliable as gossip down the pub. The contenders for the award are all on our website, but in the end we narrowed it down to two. First up: